Messages by Desiring God

The purpose of the Holy Spirit is invincible and he has an unwavering zeal for the glory of the God-man, Jesus.

The extraordinary experience of being clothed with power is available to us for the fulfillment of the Great Commission.

In order to be effective instruments of Jesus' life in the world, you need to be baptized in the Holy Spirit.

When churches gather in corporate worship, rock-solid doctrine and intense emotion ought to work side by side. God wants both our minds and our hearts when we worship.

Jesus is alive. He is working, he is teaching, he is doing. And just as he worked through the apostles, he will work through you.

We worship because of who God is, who we are, how it serves the church, and how it sustains missions.

This age is too evil for us to treat fellowship as a kind of comfortable togetherness that has no transforming, empowering, explosive effect.

How do you deal with sin in your life if you love God?

Through the sky, God ministers humility and hope and healing and happiness.

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God causes us to persevere in the fight of faith. Therefore he gets the glory.

When the people of God pray together, they look for answers together. We get the help and he gets the collective glory.

Jesus died to meet your needs. He rose to meet your needs. He reigns to meet your needs—and make you happy in him forever.

Signs and wonders are not wrong in themselves, but seeking them could be a camouflage for a wayward heart that refuses to receive the quiet sign of Calvary love.

Deep down we know so much truth that we fear and therefore deny.

The Spirit doesn’t work mainly by revealing hidden messages, but by conforming us to the image of Jesus Christ.

Prophecy is prompted and sustained by the Spirit and yet does not carry intrinsic, divine authority.

The spiritual gift of prophecy has not passed away. God uses it for the good of the church until Jesus comes.

James 5 is a rebuke to pastors that never have the faith to heal and churches that don't pray in the spirit of Elijah.

"Gifts of healings" and "workings of miracles" are for the church and the mission of Christ in the world today.

Did the apostles have spiritual gifts that are now obsolete?

The kingdom has come and it has overcome the aimlessness and futility of our lives and given us an awesome reason to live.

The kingdom of God is present and future. There has been fulfillment, but there has not been consummation.

In spite of the terrible external hardships that Brainerd knew, he pressed on and even flourished under his tribulations that led to the kingdom.

Since Jesus has come, God exerts his right to rule in new and powerful ways.

Peaceful, non-violent, ready-to-suffer protest is one way that the truth and beauty of God's kingdom shines in this world.

Satan is not opposed to most ordinary things you do, as long as you do them like the rest of the world.

What is the nature of the kingdom of God? And what is the "power" that the kingdom exerts now in the church?

Are you living in the fullest enjoyment of God's YES to you in Christ Jesus? Have you said yes to all of God's YES to you?

God came to live in a tent so we can watch him more closely. God wants to be seen and known in his Son.

Not everyone is a child of God. Are you?

John the Baptist came so that we might believe in Jesus and have life like we never had it before.

The light shines in the darkness—Jesus shines, the gospel shines, the church shines—and the darkness will not overcome it.

Jesus Christ is alive and reigning over all the kings of the earth, and all the events of the world.

The answer to the most important questions in life is Jesus Christ, God's inexpressible gift to you.

Pray with steadfastness, with watchfulness, and with thanksgiving.

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Be thankful, pay your vows, call for help. And when God delivers you from the day of trouble, glorify him with all your heart.

If you trust Christ, you are already a permanent citizen of the heavenly Jerusalem.

Let your light so shine before lost and needy people outside the camp, not just in the ease and comfort of your church and your home.

God is pleased with our doing good and our sharing because it demonstrates the success and power of the sufferings of his Son.

God is calling young and old to dream new dreams of reaching the whole world for Christ.

Youth is no excuse for not venturing something great for God.

Some Scriptures can only be fulfilled by recognizing the generation gap and owning up to the fact that it is good.

Faithfulness is better than anything and everything this life can offer. The reward the Lord will give surpasses any earthly treasure.

God has woven servant leadership and faithful submission into the fabric of manhood and womanhood.

Manhood and womanhood are most fulfilled when servant-hearted men lead God’s church in ministry.

Marriage is a living drama of Christ and his church. When husbands lead, families flourish.

Jesus calls men and women to look at one another through the lens of his word, not the world.